Psalms 39

1 to/for to conduct (to/for Jeduthun *Q(K)*) melody to/for David to say to keep: guard way: conduct my from to sin in/on/with tongue my to keep: guard to/for lip my muzzle in/on/with still wicked to/for before me

For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

2 be dumb silence be silent from good and pain my to trouble

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

3 to warm heart my in/on/with entrails: among my in/on/with meditation my to burn: burn fire to speak: speak in/on/with tongue my

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burnt. I spoke with my tongue:

4 to know me LORD end my and measure day my what? he/she/it to know what? rejected/fleeting I

“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

5 behold handbreadth to give: make day my and lifetime/world my like/as nothing before you surely all vanity all man to stand (Selah)

Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” (Selah)

6 surely in/on/with image to go: walk man surely vanity to roar [emph?] to heap and not to know who? to gather them

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

7 and now what? to await Lord hope my to/for you he/she/it

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

8 from all transgression my to rescue me reproach foolish not to set: make me

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

9 be dumb not to open lip my for you(m. s.) to make: do

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

10 to turn aside: remove from upon me plague your from strife hand your I to end: expend

Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11 in/on/with argument upon iniquity: crime to discipline man and to liquefy like/as moth to desire his surely vanity all man (Selah)

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” (Selah)

12 to hear: hear [emph?] prayer my LORD and cry my to listen [emph?] to(wards) tears my not be quiet for sojourner I with you sojourner like/as all father my

“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

13 to gaze from me and be cheerful in/on/with before to go: went and nothing I

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”